Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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; 1 '■ - * * / * HAW ilBHFiy HFI P kepdbucans to line up HUlf /tinmin IILLT byphens AGAINST WILSON WHEELS IN FIRE OF B1 MRECTINR O. O. P. Trytag to Aro«M IONS DROP BOMBS ON TRAIN Botire Allied Army Pajri Tribute to the Birdmen, who Prevented DU- covery of Preperntiona for Attack and Directed Guns of Army—Out numbered Germans 8 to 1. Since the taking of Loos all the allied army is singing the praises of the guns and the aeroplanes. No such bombardment had ever been heard on the British front as that which preceded the attack. There seemed no intervals between the re ports of the guns—not even those of the beat of a snare drum. The roar had the power and continuity of Nia gara Falls. House windows in the surrounding country kept up a con tinuous rattle. "It is the sweetest sound in the world," said one of the surviving vet erans of the retreat from Mons. “It means you will get into the German trench and have a fair fight'of it, and you won't charge into the play of the machine guns or be hung up in^tbe^barbed wire. A year ago we held the Germans back from the Channel porta, we were doing it with flesh and blood against the out numbering German artillery. The most comforting sight in the world is an eight-inch howitzer, and next to that is a motor truck loaded with high explosive shells. As morning approached after the night of bombardment, officers on the British front were looking at their wrist watches. In front of Loos the figure six .marking the half hour —six-thirty—was the goal of the creeping minute band. At that mo ment a wave of men rose from the first-line British trenches, and the volume of shell fire was llftod from the first German line to the second line as the stream from a hose is lifted from one flower bed to an other. "Meanwhile every man In the charge tried to outrun every other man. The sooner they were In the German trenches the Ices the likeli hood of the Germans coming out of their dugouts. recovering their senses after the bath of shells and firing on the advance. If only ono machine gun could be manned before the charge goes home tho charge may be stopped ia that immediate section It Is all a matter of wrist watchee, of I. team play, and of seconds. With the first flash of i of war had coaie from their aer- The shell Are and the aero- Idaoes were all that the onlooker might see. "1 should think that we bad eight planes that day to one of the Ger mans. ' said sn aviator. "We had coo cent rated planes as well as guns." Only when the secret of the point of concentration Is kept can such an attack succeed against a modern de fensive position. The Germans had learned that the Brlttah were pre paring an attack; for their soldiers called out from their trenches to the Britiah: "When are you coming ’’ to which one Briton replied: '‘I'll let you know as soon as Sir John French tells me.** Attecka were made that morning at several places; but the Germans expected, the reel stuck elsewhere than Loda. "There has been a good deal of Ulk." said a ataff officer, "to the ef fect that the element of surprise has disappeared from war. It Is as vlul as It ever was. Only concealment was never zo difficult." Troop* and guns had to be moved at night so that the German aero planes might not note the concentra tion. British aeroplanes must ward off German aeroplanes by day. Infinite labor and pains In deUll are required of hundreds of thou sands of m^n for such an attack. That of the medical corps alone Is stupendous. On the morning of the attack beds were ready, and the countless ambulances and the clear ing stations and all the Intricate or- ganization^or caring for the wound ed. V As the attack proceeded a flock of aeroplanes was cutting circles and dipping and turning over the battle field as if In an exhibition of airman ship. They appeared to be discon nected from the battle; but no par ticipant was more busy or intent than they. All the panorama ofi action was beneath them; they alono could really “see" tho battle if they chose. But each aviator stole only passing glimpses of tho whole; for each one was intent on his part, which was to keep watch of whether the shells of the battery to which he reported were on the target or not. To distinguish whose shell-burst was whose in the midst of that cloud of dust and smoke over the German positions seemed as difficult as to separate the spout of steam of one pipe from another when a hundred were making a wall of vapor. Every youth in England apparently wonts to get into the aerial service. So the corps has its pick. Promotion is rapid; the romance and the excite ment of the work appeal. It is easy to learn to fly In the very stable lat est types of machines which, as the saying goes, are "fool-proof.” It takes only two months to train a man with aptitude to dp the routine work of reconnolss.ance, blit he must be young. Men d<s not learn readily after they are thirty, with few ex ceptions, and they are very poor pu pils after they are thirty-five. It is not difficult to spot shells whew only • few batteries are firing, bat when perhaps a hundred guns are dropping shells on a half-mile front of trench a highly-trained eye is re quired. Occasionally a plane was ob served to sweep down like a hawk which bad located a fish la tke water. At all haaarda that Intrepid aviator was goiag to identify the ahall-bnrau Americaa Hostility Against Pres- Meat Because of War Policies P. H. McGowan, in writing to The State from Washington, says- that politicians—Democrats and Republi cans alike—are beginning to take cognizance of the fact that in various sections, of the country German feel ing is beginning to be fanned into a flame against the administration be cause of President Wilson’s attitude on the European war question, and Republican newspapers generally are making the most of it to injure the Democrats. However this may be. It is true that the German vote in the next presidential election ia one that all parties will closely watch. Take cities like Milwaukee, Chicago and others in the West, where the German ele ment is large, and it twill become ap parent at once that neither Demo crats nor Republicans would) like to lose this vote. To do so would un doubtedly very seriously jeopardize the situation at the next election. A Washington correspondent who has been travelling for his paper makes the following report on the subject: "The Democratic managers are tak ing cognizance of the attitude of the German vote in its increasing hostil ity to President Wilson, threatening extension to the whole national ad ministration. Chairman Doremus has brought to the eastern managers full details of the German opposition in the west. It may be recalled that dis patches from Michigan early In Sep tember told of a meeting of German societies at Jackson, Mich., which not only bitterly denounced President Wilson but contended for the exten sion of German Ideals in the United States and the teaching of the Ger-* man language in the public schools." This same dispatch says that Re publican congressmen and others who are now traveling through the east have taken the Up that Uiey can help this German anti-admlnlatraUon fight along by coupling It np with woman anffrage. To accomplish this a dozen or more congressmen are now touring tho east sad making speeches wherever they find sn audi ence. O. O. P. men are pleading with the people to put the Democrats out of business with any kind of knockout drops that may be lying around bandy—this German stuff, woman suffrage or anything elan— Just so the result will be quick and effective. To say on# who has eyes to see sad ears to hear It is apparent that never before were the Republicans more desperate tor material with which to fight than they are now. Every kind of expedient Is being used In the hope of gaining a nation al victory next year. The G. O. P. finds Itself much la the position the Democrats were In for so long—on tho outside trying to get In except that In the present situation the G. O. P. Is willing to reaort to nay sub terfuge—even that of arraying by phraated American citizens against i heir adopted conn try in order to win tbo day. “SUSPECTED” SHIP TO SAIL One of the 47 Hnspirioaed by Eag- ' lands About to Depart. The steamship Wlnneconne. one pf the forty-seven vessels posted by the British admiralty n few days ago. as "suapected ships," will leave New York for Copenhagen and Gathen- burg, despite the British warning, ac cording to an announcement by her agents. The Wlnneconne is now loading a cargo of food and other non-contraband supplies for Dutch and Swedish ports. The vessel’s agents asserted Wed nesday that officials of th« British consulate had Inspected and passed the entire cargo. They said that there Is not a single man concerned In the ownership or charter of the Wlnneconne who is not a native- born citizen and they are determined to put the question of her right to carry the cargo to neutral ports to a test. range, but they were too busy trying to hold back the English Infantry to fire at him. Other aeroplanes were dropping shells on railroad trains and bridges, to hinder the Germans, once they had learned where the force of the attack was to be exerted, from rushing rein forcements to the spot. For that kind of work, as for all along reconnois- sances, the aviators like low-lying clouds. They slip down out of these to have a look around and drop a bomb, and then rise to cover before the Germans can bring their anti aircraft guns to bear. The first thing was to hold what was taken in this advance. All the labor of turning the wrecked German trenches into British, of making new dugouts, traverses and parapets and laying out barbed wire had to be done before the Germans swept back in the counter-attack which was ex pected and which came. A Niagara of German gunfire added to that of the British announces another Ger man effort. So far the British have held their new positions; and when the Germans were attacking in one part of the line the British repulsed the German attack and took five hun dred yards from the Germans in fin adjacent part. FIGHT IN -SERBIA j MTU SUES STRAIN NERVES TO WIN KOSION THERE 1 Sub Sinks German Cruiser Petrograd reports that a British submarine has sunk a German cruis er of the Prince Adalbert class. The announcement was made Sunday night. Bank Robbers Get Two TbonaantL Two men entered the First Na tional Bank of Marble Falls, Texas, late Tuesday and held up the cash ier, getting two .thousaad dollars. Bryan ((peaks for n Dry Ohio. W. J. Bryaa Is stnaptag tbs state of Ohio all this wook ta the FRENCH UNO 150,000 Turk Artillery Aids Rulgars—Rus sian Warships Bombard Black Sea Porta—Bulgarians and Teutons Advance — Berlin Satisfied and Austrians Jubilant. The forces of all the countries al lied with the central powers are now operating against the Serbians and the British and French in the south eastern war theatre. Turkish artillery has entered the fray in southeast Serbia in the neigh borhood of Strumltza and according to Berlin, in co-operation with the Bulgarian mountain artillery, has done great execution among the An- glo-Freufh troops. The capture of Sejecar and Knia- Jevats, near the Bulgarian frontier, northeast of Nish, gives the Bulga rians control uot-alone in the Danube region and tho northern reaches of the Timok river, but of the railway running south to Nish. Mines and other obstructions In the Danube are being removed and traffic on the river soon will be re stored. - On the Bulgarian Black Spa coast Russian warships have been bom barding Bulgarian ports. Vrana, the chief port, was bombarded, according to a report reaching Rome from Bucharest. London says the German official statement records the advance of the Austro-German forces In Serbia and tho capture by the Bulgarians of Sea- jour and Knlajevat*. both on the Ti mok river northeast of Nish, and the heights of Pirot, almost directly east of Nish, but there is little other au thentic newu of the Invasion. There are reports that the Serbians have recaptured Uskup, which is not Improbable, if. as Salonlkl dispatches report, the French now hdld the line of Krlvolak, Radoviata and Strumlt za, for. with an army thero and the Serbians at Velce, Uskup would form a dangerous salient. For the moment the danger spot for tho Serbians le the northeast cor ner. where they are being attacked from three sides and eventually must fall back toward the southwest. Thus far they have been retiring In good order, aid despite the seriousness of the Invasion, optimism prevails In Serbian quarters. The French, according to a Greek dispatch, already have landed one hundred and fifty thousand men. with guns, at Salonlkl. While the where abouts of the British reinforcements remains a secret, that they are of considerable size may be Judged from the fact that although Gen. Chaa. C. Monro, recently appointed to com mand the Gallipoli operations. Is al ready on the spot, the government has decided to send Msj. Gen. Sir Bryan T Mahon, who commanded the column that relieved Mafeklng In the South African war, to co-operate with the French. Greater anxiety exists as to the at titude of Greece. It Is known that Austria. Germany and Bulgaria have complained of the continued hospi tality shown the Allies at Salonlkl and one account goes so far as to say that the Gseek government has asked the Allies to leave Greek territory. Against this Is the quoted assurance given by the Greek minister at Paris to the French government that Greece has no Intention of commit ting any hostile act toward the allied troops. Except around Riga and Dvinsk. where the Germans are renewing their efforts to reach the Dvina river, and near Czaroriask, on the Styr, there has been no heavy fighting In the Russian arena. Engagements on a small scale have taken place west of Riga, showing that the Germans are attacking In a new direction. Hitherto their main attacks have been from the south and southwest of that city, where they were checked. On the Styr and In Galicia the Ger-, man offensive, according to the Rus sian report, has been stopped. The Balkan drama continues to dominate all other war news in Ber lin, according to a dispatch from the German capital. The Germans are absolutely confident that at last one enemy is going to be permanently eliminated. They are following the Austro-German Bulgar operations with quiet satisfaction, contrasting significantly with the jubilation of Austrians and the grim hatred of Bulgarians. Germans are more than satisfied with their new ally, Bulgaria. One frequently hears the Bulgarians' smashing high-speed offensive con trasted with the Italian campaign. Summarizing the situation Major Mo- raht in the Berliner Tageblatt says: "The present maid theatre of war In Serbia is witnessing & chain ol successes which our armies with Austro-Hungary’s and Bulgaria’s are winning dally without a single re verse. Events are ripening to a final decision which is not far off. Our northern advance already Is gaining momentum. The hardest task was the crossing qt the Danube barrier and the breaking of the defense of the Serbian main forces on the hill, southern shore of the river. "The western army of Macken- sen’s forces is nearing the region of Arangjoloyac. The 'eastern army is pressing rapidly forward to the south on both sides of the Morava river. Most important, however, Is the cut ting off of the Serbian main armies from Macedonia by taking Rumanovo and Uskup and Veles. Every connec tion with the Anglo-French expedi tion has been severed. “There is no knowing where troops constantly being landed at SaJonikt will finally be used. For the Serbian decision they came too late; for attacks ta another direction they have not come as a saffideat sor Prtne. The strategic and political situation of Serbia will sooa mean Its passtag from the ranks at ear Are You Comi Cheap Rates On All Railroads* Special Trains on Pregnalls Branch $ * . ____ There Will Be Pleasure, Profit and • Inspiration For All Who Attend • The ORANGEBURG | COUNTY FAIR i Floral Parades Farmers’ Parades, School Parades, • - Trades Display, Coronation of Queen, Automobile • Races, Horse Races, Foqt Ball Games. { BEST FREE/ ATTRACTIONS! Money Can Cecure. Something New, Amusing and • Entei taining. # Daily Concerts By the Excellent • ORANGEBURG MILITARY BAND j THE BEST LIVE STOCK SHOW j Ever Seen At a County Fair { Competative Township Exhibits | Every Department Will Be Replete With INSTRUCT- ? IVE DISPLAYS. • • We make no promise we do not fulfill, and We J • Promise The Best County Fair Ever • • . Held in South Carolina. * • • • • Remember The Time and Place • I Orangeburg County! I Fair * : NOVEMBER 9 to 12, 1915 : • Orangeburg, - - ^ South Carolina • tion that everybody is asking, but the only real question in German minds Js whether or not Greece will go so tar as to maintain neutrality by force of arms. .<obody here doubts that Greece will try to continue her neu trality. Germans feel confident that their successful aggressive diplomacy will repeat In Athens Its success In the Balkans and out-manoeuvre the allied diplomats. ,ln well informed circles one be gins to meet the idea that if the Al lies put undue pressure on Greece this may result in driving the laher Into the camp of the central powers. While no undue Importance Is yet being attached to the Budapest re port that the Greek government de mands the withdrawal of the allied troops from Salonlkl and is prepared to enforce the demand with the army, there is a feeling that a crisis is fast approaching and that the situation in the Balkans will soon be quite clear. TEUTONS ABOUT TO JOIN BULGARIANS IN SERBIA % SHOT TO DEATH Well Known Lexipgton County Peo ple Figure in Homicide. Charlie M. Roof Is dead at Lexing ton and T. Frank Griffith is charged by a ooroner’z Jury with having Jelli ed him. The homicide occurred at about three-fifteen o'clock Wednes day afternoon while Mr. Roof waz on his return home from Lexington and almost within sounding distance of his home and the home where Sir. Griffith has been making his home daring the past few months, he hav ing been engaged In farming with Roof. According to the testimony of two men eye-wlfaeseee. Henry E. Smith, a progressive young farmer reeidlag near tke late borne of the deceased, and Haskell G. Garner, n negro lab orer. Hr. Griffith shot Mr. Reof while Use latter had bin hands ki rn the air lx>ndoa Convinced That Nothing Short of a Political Miracle Can I Avert Serbian Disaster. I London reports Wednesday: The desperate plight of the Serbians which has been described ever since the beginning of the Austro-German and Bulgarian Invasions ks an "af fair of the national life or death,” Is no longer a rhetorical phrase, but the literal truth. London’s optimism re garding the outcome of the Balkan conflict which had been colored by re ports of the determined Serbian re sistance and the difficulties which the invaders are meeting, has yielded to the conviction that it will take some thing in the nature of a miracle.to avert a disaster for Serbia. Austro-German and Bulgarian forces are now within twenty miles of each other. Southwest and southeast of Belgrade invading -armies are ad vancing along a hundred-mile front, twenty-five to forty miles south of the Danube. Analysis of the situation in regard to the Belgrade-NIsh-Salonlki railroad shows that ths Germans confmand the first fifty miles from Belgrade, the Serbians the next one hundred and fifty, the Bulgarians the next hundred and the French the las fifty miles to th^ Greek frontier. No details have been received con cerning the reported recapture by the Serbian* of Veles. Whether free communication between Hungary aad Bulgaria by way of the Deaabe has yet been established is doebtful hut the proximity of the forces of the two countries r ikes such communlcatlee at least Imminent. All dlspstekss coatlaee te tke falseesty fehtere rests the Serbian a According te CC*< fended every foot of ground furiously and no quarter was given on either side. Although the Bulgarian forces are said to have outnumbered the Serbians ten to one, they made only five hundred prisoners. All the oth ers fought to the death. ALLEfiED SBESCAPTIIREB; ? I BAD CHARTS OF HARBORS 11 Prisoners Posers nod Dynamite aad Mines ■ Bald to be Members of the German Army. New York policemen who have been watching outgoing vessels for explosives Sunday night detained Robert Fay, said to be a lieutenant ia the German army, and his brother-la- law, Walter Scholz, in Weehawken. N. J. Explosives and surycty charts of New. York harbor are said to have been found in their possession. The men are declared to have beat test ing a bomb in a small grove when apprehended. • Five steel mines, said by the po lice to belong to the prisoners, later were found In a Weet Hoboken store house. Each was packed in a sep arate wooden case aad fitted with an attachment which might be fastened to the step of a ship by a wjre. Coa- ‘ with the propellor of n ship, ft in —, would explode the mine. Two suit ensue found in the men's room In Weehawkca were filled exp lost vm. letters written ia and official looktag Amoag the sticks of of acid used la explosives. 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